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I am stuck

Ok I rooted my Nook color about 1 year ago and used it just for a few months. Well I recently turned it back on and went to update my current rom by using ROM Manager app. If I go to my google play website it say I have Phiremod for Nook.
Ok so when I press the power button, it loads a CyanogenMod and either loading... or loading boot mode... and then will turn to a black light screen
What do I need to do to fix this, I am tired of googling it lol Thanks

I tried doing this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922870
and now it wont even turn on.

just do this to get running.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448186

DigitalMD said:
just do this to get running.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448186
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That just looks like alot of work and for it not to work.
I just want to take my nook back to stock so I can start from scratch.

I can only turn on my Nook with an sd card with ClockworkMod Recovery on it. and it is v3.0.2.8
If I try and install and update.zip file I get this
E: Can't open /sdcard/(whatever zip file I try)
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Installation aborted.

k-bar said:
I can only turn on my Nook with an sd card with ClockworkMod Recovery on it. and it is v3.0.2.8
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Should be using CWM 3.2.0.1

There's a link to 3.2.0.1 in the step-by-step I link to in my sig.

MISRy said:
There's a link to 3.2.0.1 in the step-by-step I link to in my sig.
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Thanks
I got the correct CWM but still get the error when trying to install an update.zip type file

k-bar said:
I can only turn on my Nook with an sd card with ClockworkMod Recovery on it. and it is v3.0.2.8
If I try and install and update.zip file I get this
E: Can't open /sdcard/(whatever zip file I try)
(bad)
Installation aborted.
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Do you have the zip on the CWM sd? And don't use 'install update'. Use install from SD or something like that where the next dialog is picking the zip to install.
Edit: And if you are already doing all of that you might want to toggle verification or asserts. And you are sure the zip is a good one? Did you try looking at it on your PC?
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk

leapinlar said:
Do you have the zip on the CWM sd? And don't use 'install update'. Use install from SD or something like that where the next dialog is picking the zip to install. ...
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Agreed. The only time I've had "update" work is if I've change the file name from encore_*.zip to update_*.zip. As I see no benefit, why bother?

k-bar said:
Thanks
I got the correct CWM but still get the error when trying to install an update.zip type file
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If you are trying to install B&N stock zip file with CWM it will not work. I have posted 1.4.1 modified stock to make it work with CWM and instructions on how to update any B&N stock to make it work with CWM.
See the Customizing ROMs thread link in my signature.

leapinlar said:
Do you have the zip on the CWM sd? And don't use 'install update'. Use install from SD or something like that where the next dialog is picking the zip to install.
Edit: And if you are already doing all of that you might want to toggle verification or asserts. And you are sure the zip is a good one? Did you try looking at it on your PC?
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
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The zip file is dragged and dropped on to the sd card
I do know to select update file from zip
And how do I know if its a good file or not
All the files I have been trying I have downloaded off of here and are recent threads
update-cm-7.2.0-RC1-u8150-signed
update-nc-stock-1.2-signed
and I have been trying the install update 1.4
and I get all the same error (bad) stuff
DizzyDen said:
If you are trying to install B&N stock zip file with CWM it will not work. I have posted 1.4.1 modified stock to make it work with CWM and instructions on how to update any B&N stock to make it work with CWM.
See the Customizing ROMs thread link in my signature.
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I will try this and see how it goes, but is it gonna get me to bare bones unrooted stock B&N Nook

If you load the 1.4.1 stock in my post... it will be bare bones stock 1.4.1... just let it update to 1.4.2

DizzyDen said:
If you load the 1.4.1 stock in my post... it will be bare bones stock 1.4.1... just let it update to 1.4.2
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Ok sounds good. I will give it a try tomorrow after I get off work. Thanks I will post what it does.

DizzyDen said:
If you load the 1.4.1 stock in my post... it will be bare bones stock 1.4.1... just let it update to 1.4.2
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Ok so I downloaded the file. I then used 7zip and extracted this files into a new folder.
Do I need to name the folder as something?
Also after I extract the file into a new folder, do I just drag and drop the file on to the sd card?
Any other info is appreciated! Thanks

I'm pretty sure that if you have the 1.4.1 stock zip, you just install that using CWM and it will give you a stock Nook; you shouldn't have to unzip anything. If that's not working try the instructions here to get back to stock

You don't extract a rom zip. Place it on sdcard and then select it from recovery
Sent from my Optimus V running BACKside using Tapatalk2

lorddunlow said:
I'm pretty sure that if you have the 1.4.1 stock zip, you just install that using CWM and it will give you a stock Nook; you shouldn't have to unzip anything. If that's not working try the instructions here to get back to stock
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That link is to root a nook that is running 1.4. Some of the links in there I have already used though. Still every time I install any .zip file I get the error

k-bar said:
That link is to root a nook that is running 1.4. ...
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That link starts with a CM7 load, restores it to Nook version 1.3 and upgrades *that* to 1.4. Seems to me you could start at the part where he is upgrading the 1.3 to 1.4 and go from there.

nook_1_1_2_update.zip [mirror]

For those having problems with rooting NST on FW 1.2.0
Mirror of fw 1.1.2
http://topdownloads.ru/archives/file/nook_1_1_2_update/7152798.htm

It is also still possible to pull the 1.1.2 update file from the official server:
http://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/n...XTLrBeYy5CHbHS264o9Ujsh/nook_1_1_2_update.zip

schlozi23 said:
It is also still possible to pull the 1.1.2 update file from the official server:
http://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/n...XTLrBeYy5CHbHS264o9Ujsh/nook_1_1_2_update.zip
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thanks for the mirror, the 1.1.2 is not available any more in B&N web page

hiii ...... i download from the official website .......filre zipped and need pw ...... any suggest??????
thx
Sent from my NOOK using xda app-developers app

speedman2202 said:
hiii ...... i download from the official website .......filre zipped and need pw ...... any suggest??????
thx
Sent from my NOOK using xda app-developers app
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The update file is a zip. There is no need to unzip it unless you are a developer and need to look at the contents or patch it. But there shouldn't be a password on the zip. I just downloaded it from the above link to the official site (su.barnesandnoble.com) and its a zip with no password as it should be. Perhaps your download was corrupted.

Cannot downgrade
Hi, I have also Nook Touch with FW 1.2.1 but I'm not sure how to downgrade. Is there different method from upgrading (copy zip file with fw to nook root directory and uplug)?

JDCZ said:
Hi, I have also Nook Touch with FW 1.2.1 but I'm not sure how to downgrade. Is there different method from upgrading (copy zip file with fw to nook root directory and uplug)?
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Use 'Clockwork' image to downgrade to FW 1.1
https://code.google.com/p/nst-recovery/downloads/list
steps:
1. burn 'sd_2gb_clockwork-rc2.zip' to microSD.
2. place 'nook_1_1_update_cwm.zip' in root directory of MicroSD.
3. boot CWR
4. "update" from .zip

JDCZ said:
Hi, I have also Nook Touch with FW 1.2.1 but I'm not sure how to downgrade. Is there different method from upgrading (copy zip file with fw to nook root directory and uplug)?
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before touch ur nook .... take backup and be careful
good luck

Tried to downgrade with 1.1 CWM but now is Nook refreshing screen about 30 times in a row. Version of my device is Unaviable. Any ideas? I have backup of course.

JDCZ said:
Tried to downgrade with 1.1 CWM but now is Nook refreshing screen about 30 times in a row. Version of my device is Unaviable. Any ideas? I have backup of course.
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If your nook came with 1.1 or 1.0 you could use factory.zip recovery and then update to 1.1.2 I used the RootManager Graphical Rooter to recover to factory. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040351

[Q] [NST] Force update to 1.2.1?

My Nook Simple Touch is on firmware 1.2 and has been rooted with NookManager. I downloaded the 1.2.1 update zip from the B&N website & copied it to the root directory of my Nook and have been patiently waiting for it to install for a week. Is there a way to force the upgrade or use CWM or NookManager to do it?

Did you try powering down/up your Nook?
CWM Recovery can install it too.
If you are using the original file, you might have to "toggle signatures".
I just strip off the first 0x1a3, 419 (dec) bytes off the file.
A standard zip file has "PK" as the first two bytes.

Something in the rooting process prevents the update from getting applied. The update will wipe out your root and system mods anyway so it might be easiest to recover back to stock, apply the update and reroot. If you back up your apps with Titanium Backup you can restore them afterward and its a pretty painless process.

straygecko said:
Something in the rooting process prevents the update from getting applied. The update will wipe out your root and system mods anyway so it might be easiest to recover back to stock, apply the update and reroot. If you back up your apps with Titanium Backup you can restore them afterward and its a pretty painless process.
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Thanks, all sorted now

Op: just wondering why would you want to apply the update. What are the benefits? My nook is rooted w nookmanager and I'm quite happy the update fails ever time it tries.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using Tapatalk 2

sLiKK said:
Op: just wondering why would you want to apply the update. What are the benefits? My nook is rooted w nookmanager and I'm quite happy the update fails ever time it tries.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using Tapatalk 2
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it's happen with me too .... but it affect on system files and stability .....anyway ther's an option for stop update from nook manager appz ..... also i will reroot my device and turn off updates
best regards

Renate NST said:
Did you try powering down/up your Nook?
CWM Recovery can install it too.
If you are using the original file, you might have to "toggle signatures".
I just strip off the first 0x1a3, 419 (dec) bytes off the file.
A standard zip file has "PK" as the first two bytes.
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Thanks! This worked, although stripping off the first few bytes was a bit too complicated for me.. I just unzipped and then re-zipped the files and then flashed that.

I would need a little help how exactly it worked. I'm in the same situation. I rooted with 1.2 with Nookmanager. Multitouch, Fastmode and NoRefresh and ezPDF are working fine, and I want to keep it that way.
How can I upgrade to 1.2.1. without going through the whole process again ? I have a Nookmanager SD with my backup and a separate CWM 2GB SD that I used to install the OC kernel for 174 and 166 earlier on. Also, of course I have the 1.2.1 update from B&N.
I guess I can install that zip with CWM, but how exactly ? I don't want to break my root if possible. I have already tried to go back to factory.zip with Nookmanager, then update to 1.2.1, but after restoring my Nookmanager backup I was back to 1.2
Thanks for help !

Renate NST said:
I just strip off the first 0x1a3, 419 (dec) bytes off the file.
A standard zip file has "PK" as the first two bytes.
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That actually worked..!
419 bytes stripped from the front, leaving the firmware zip file starting with "PK".
(I was wondering why I couldn't open it using the Windows explorer - it was because of the 419 bytes of the signature).
Thank you very much.

If you're in UK, the USA version download won't flash if you're rooted.
USA:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Software-Updates-NOOK-Simple-Touch/379003175/
UK:
http://www.nook.com/gb/support/nook-simple-touch-glowlight-software-updates
other countries should goto support for their country at:
http://www.nook.com/support
If you're rooted take out the bytes (roughly about a paragraph) as Renate said before PK and save using a hex editor. Or unzip and zip as mentioned.
frhed free hex editor:
http://frhed.sourceforge.net/en/
If you're rooted , flash with CWM as just copying to your nook root might just get deleted, CWM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360994

In case anyone is struggling to apply the update, make sure you've put it in the *root* of the *NOOK* 'drive' when connected by USB I didn't read the instructions properly and put it in the root of the SD! Obviously, nothing happened for a fair while until I realised my error...

[Q] Installing Multi-touch Patch on NookManager-Rooted NST 1.2.1

Hi,
I have a Nook Simple Touch, updated to UK version 1.2.1, and rooted using NookManager 0.5.0 with the NTGAppsAttack package.
I have installed the NoRefresh apk and am now looking to add the Multitouch mod, but I would want to keep the device's primary use for reading ebooks (so wouldn't want to loose quality there), and I wouldn't want to accidentally re-root it.
Therefore, would either of these be the right method to use, or is it possible to patch without replacing the kernel please?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906507
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568560
I've found a few articles relating to multi-touch, but they seem to concern TouchNooter and NST firmware 1.1; hence why I'd like to double check before I try anything.
Cheers,

I went ahead and tried installing the multitouch.zip from a clockwork recovery image card, despite not being sure if it was even compatible with NookManager, and it said Installing and went through a process, but the device still doesn't support multitouch. At least it didn't kill it though
Could someone please point me in the right direction for adding multi-touch to a NookManager rooted NST please? I just can't seem to find the right method.

Donna80 said:
I went ahead and tried installing the multitouch.zip from a clockwork recovery image card, despite not being sure if it was even compatible with NookManager, and it said Installing and went through a process, but the device still doesn't support multitouch. At least it didn't kill it though
Could someone please point me in the right direction for adding multi-touch to a NookManager rooted NST please? I just can't seem to find the right method.
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I'm using this kernel and it supports multitouch - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906507 (build 174). It's not always obvious that multitouch is actually supported. So far I've only had pinch to zoom work in Opera Mobile and ADW, but it does work.

noodles2k said:
I'm using this kernel and it supports multitouch - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906507 (build 174). It's not always obvious that multitouch is actually supported. So far I've only had pinch to zoom work in Opera Mobile and ADW, but it does work.
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Another noob question -- I tried using Win32DiskImager to drop the uImage.img which that other thread contains onto an SD card, and then power-cycled my Nook with that card in place, but I saw no sign of an install -- is there any way to confirm that the install happened? Is that in fact the right way to attempt the install?

The uImage.img is not in fact an image that should be burned to an SD card. The file should actually be renamed to uImage and put in /boot. You either need a CWM-flashable zip or you can do it with adb (adb is quicker IMO since I don't have to prepare a CWM SD card).
Get ADB here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
uImage instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24168019&postcount=21

Kralik said:
The uImage.img is not in fact an image that should be burned to an SD card. The file should actually be renamed to uImage and put in /boot. You either need a CWM-flashable zip or you can do it with adb (adb is quicker IMO since I don't have to prepare a CWM SD card).
Get ADB here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
uImage instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24168019&postcount=21
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Ah, thanks, that makes sense. In the meantime I achieved success by booting ClockwordMod and using it to install the 174 zip in its entirety. Multitouch now working, also fastmode, although the latter seems to cause glitching in CoolReader (but not in Nook Reader). . .

HELP!!!!
Kralik said:
The uImage.img is not in fact an image that should be burned to an SD card. The file should actually be renamed to uImage and put in /boot. You either need a CWM-flashable zip or you can do it with adb (adb is quicker IMO since I don't have to prepare a CWM SD card).
Get ADB here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
uImage instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24168019&postcount=21
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Men I try very few time to upgrade trought this method and the result is always the same, a complete failure . In the console mode when I try to push the uImage in the /media directory the message is "cannot stad ´uImage´: No such file or directory". Any advice?
PD: Yes, I rename the uImage.img to uImage and still the same message ¬¬

For rooted devices running 1.2.1, I'd recommend Latuk's kernel from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43797159&postcount=172. According to Latuk, it's based on B&N's source for the 1.2.1 kernel, plus the multitouch/fastmode/overclocking patches, plus some extra features (usb host mode) plus the fix for Class 10 SD cards.

cowbutt said:
For rooted devices running 1.2.1, I'd recommend Latuk's kernel from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43797159&postcount=172. According to Latuk, it's based on B&N's source for the 1.2.1 kernel, plus the multitouch/fastmode/overclocking patches, plus some extra features (usb host mode) plus the fix for Class 10 SD cards.
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Full disclosure, I write this as a n00b in developer's clothing. I took the CWM-installable zip from the guevor kernel (earlier in the same thread) and replaced the uImage with Latuk's. This means CWM installable zip of Latuk's kernel. Emphasis on should as I really don't know what I'm doing here. That said, I flashed it on my nook, and I now have multitouch and haven't had any problems. Yet. Flash at your own risk, or until somebody who actually knows what they're talking about reads this and says "no that should work fine."
Hope it helps those of us who can't get adb working properly.

[Q] Cant Change Root files on PA 3.99 RC2

So i just installed PA3.99 RC2 and then wanted to change the boot animation. I downloaded the .zip file and then had to paste in in /system/media/. I tried using root browser, ES file manager and File Manager. Using root browser, when i paste the .zip in the folder, i get an 'Operation Failed'. When i use File Manager, the 'paste' option is grayed out and cant be used. When i use ES file manager, it gives an error saying its 'read only'.
I also tried pushing the file using adb but that fails too. the error is "Read-only file system"
Is there any other way of pasting the .zip in the /system/media/ or /data/local/ folder?
I didnt try it on PA3.99 RC1 because i had issues with the rom using Franco's kernel
But there were no problems in pasting the .zip on the PA3.99 and thats why i reverted back.
Is there anyone else facing the same problem? cant paste files in the root directory? Is there a fix or workaround?
Thanks
Currently I am using PA 3.99 with Franco's kernel r184

Sounds like your root is broken. There are several posts in the PA thread that address this.

grubbster said:
Sounds like your root is broken. There are several posts in the PA thread that address this.
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But I'm able to give superuser access to apps like root browser and Franco kernel updater. I don't think that's possible without root
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adil1508 said:
But I'm able to give superuser access to apps like root browser and Franco kernel updater. I don't think that's possible without root
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Try removing one of the apps from your superuser and adding it back in. That should let you know if you still have root.

Did you mount Read/Write for system?
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Did you mount Read/Write for system?
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Ive never had the need to do it before so, no i havent